Reoffenders

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) adult and  (b) juvenile offenders in the first quarter of 2008 cohort committed a re-offence in each (i) index disposal and (ii) re-offence category.

Jack Straw: Table 1 shows the number of adults who reoffended within one year, and the frequency of reoffending (per 100 offenders), broken down by index disposal for adults who commenced a court order or were discharged from custody in the first quarter of 2008. Table 2 shows the number of reoffences committed within one year by the same cohort, broken down by offence type.
	
		
			  Table 1: Adults: Actual reoffending rates and frequency of reoffending per 100 offenders, by index disposal, 2008 cohort 
			   Number of offenders in  the cohort  Number of offenders that reoffended  Proportion of offenders that reoffended  Number of offences committed per 100 offenders 
			 Court Orders 37,619 13,589 36.1 123.2 
			 Community Orders 27,504 10,127 36.8 128.5 
			 Suspended Sentence Orders 9,875 3,392 34.3 108.5 
			 Custody 16,099 7,952 49.4 40.1 
			  
			 Overall total 53,718 21,541 230.9 155.5 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Adults: Number of reoffences by offence type, 2008 cohort 
			  Reoffence type  Number of reoffences 
			 Number of offences 83,516 
			   
			 Violence (serious) 366 
			 Violence (non serious) 9,561 
			 Robbery 665 
			 Public order or riot 7,733 
			 Sexual 365 
			 Sexual (child) 63 
			 Soliciting or prostitution 127 
			 Domestic burglary 1,574 
			 Other burglary 2,339 
			 Theft 25,490 
			 Handling 1,017 
			 Fraud and forgery 1,716 
			 Absconding or bail offences 6,986 
			 Taking and driving away and related offences 1,235 
			 Theft from vehicles 1,229 
			 Other motoring offences 8,198 
			 Drink driving 1,194 
			 Criminal or malicious damage 4,214 
			 Drugs import/export/production/supply 646 
			 Drugs possession/small scale supply 4,719 
			 Other 4,079 
		
	
	Table 3 shows the number of juveniles who reoffended within one year, and the frequency of reoffending (per 100 offenders), broken down by index disposal for juveniles released from custody or commencing a non-custodial court disposal or given an out-of-court disposal in the first quarter of 2008. Table 4 shows the number of reoffences committed within one year by the same cohort, broken down by offence type.
	
		
			  Table 3: Juveniles: Actual reoffending rates and frequency of reoffending per 100 offenders, by index disposal, 2008 cohort 
			   Number of offenders in the cohort  Number of offenders that reoffended  Proportion of offenders that reoffended  Number of offences committed per 100 offenders 
			 Out-of-court disposal 26,962 6,787 25.2 55.5 
			  
			 First-tier penalty 9,951 4,534 45.6 141.8 
			 Discharge 2,008 1,052 52.4 183.6 
			 Fine 1,089 616 56.6 190.5 
			 Referral Order 5,915 2,249 38.0 102.0 
			 Reparation Order 939 617 65.7 246.5 
			  
			 Community penalty 6,359 4,296 67.6 265.9 
			 Attendance Centre Order 634 399 62.9 208.7 
			 Supervision Order 2,721 1,931 71.0 294.5 
			 Action Plan Order 1,031 658 63.8 224.2 
			 Community Rehabilitation Order 688 470 68.3 267.2 
			 Community Punishment Order 346 220 63.6 238.2 
			 Curfew Order 610 421 69.0 297.0 
			 Unknown 329 197 59.9 239.5 
			  
			 Custody 816 606 74.3 342.5 
			 Other disposal 749 490 65.4 308.9 
			  
			 Total 44,837 16,713 37.3 113.9 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Juveniles: Number of reoffences by offence type, 2008 cohort 
			  Reoffence type  Number of reoffences 
			 Number of reoffences 51,084 
			   
			 Violence (serious) 281 
			 Violence (non serious) 10,117 
			 Robbery 1,267 
			 Public order or riot 5,609 
			 Sexual 80 
			 Sexual (child) 52 
			 Soliciting or prostitution 0 
			 Domestic burglary 1,745 
			 Other burglary 1,370 
			 Theft 7,558 
			 Handling 748 
			 Fraud and forgery 627 
			 Absconding or bail offences 1,786 
			 Taking and driving away and related offences 1,571 
			 Theft from vehicles 645 
			 Other motoring offences 4,210 
			 Drink driving 281 
			 Criminal or malicious damage 6,775 
			 Drugs import/export/production/supply 250 
			 Drugs possession/small scale supply 3,063 
			 Other 3,049 
		
	
	The definition of a reoffence differs between adults and juveniles. For adults, any offence within a year of release from custody or commencement of a court order, which is proven by court conviction within 18 months of release, is counted as a reoffence. For juveniles released from custody or commencing a non-custodial court disposal or given an out-of-court, an offence proven by court conviction or a caution within the same time period is counted as a reoffence. For this reasons the adult and juvenile reoffending rates are not directly comparable.
	Adult and juvenile reoffending data for the 2008 cohort were published on 18 March 2010, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
	Alternatively, further information on adult reoffending is available at:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingof adults.htm
	Further information on juvenile reoffending is available at:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffending juveniles.htm